Category Archives: Opinion Pieces

The following appeared in the Times Colonist newspaper on July 20, 2016. The seventh defence review in 52 years, now underway, reflects four important issues that Canadians need to address – Sovereignty and Security, Prosperity, Global Stability, and Protection and … Continue reading →

By Lieutenant-General David Adamson, CD (Retired) (written prior to Canadian involvement in Op Apollo) Candidates of all stripes ranted on during the last federal election in glowing terms about Canada`s continuing responsibilities on the world scene and our annual rating … Continue reading →

Lord Trenchard, Mr McCurdy, Sign. Douhet, Mr Corrigan, Ms Earhart, General Mitchell, fellow aviation pioneers! This is the second in a series of senior staff briefings. I am honoured to address such a knowledgeable and influential gathering of aviation pioneers. … Continue reading →

by GB Stanford, RCN (retired) The question of “mandating” the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels’s, “manned” by naval reservists, for the anti-terrorist role is a non-issue. Unfortunately, the MCDV’s are inadequate for the role. The MCDV’s do have small arms for … Continue reading →

By WLD (Bill) Farrell The Federal Government says that it will presently review Canada’s defence requirements. What can we expect? Months of deliberation by politicians with shallow knowledge of military matters and a result fudged to meet some arbitrary dollar … Continue reading →

This article appears in the RUSI-VI 2007 Q2 Newsletter. It is published here with links to: the cover letter to the Chief of Defence Staff, the thought paper: Increasing Combat Capability by Reducing the Effects of Combt Stressors, and the … Continue reading →

by John C. Eggenberger, OMM, CD, PhD July 2003 This opinion piece was stimulated by an article by KD Munro, “The Little Airforce That Could” In the early 1970’s the Air Force was tasked to conduct helicopter operations of the … Continue reading →

by John C. Eggenberger, OMM CD PhD Victoria, BC. June 2005. With permission of Philip Homes, DFC. Recently, considerable interest has been expressed in knowing more about the phenomenon ethos for our armed forces.  To this end, the article “At … Continue reading →

Submission to the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence In the course of this paper it will be shown that defence funding has been the victim, not the cause, of the financial problems which Canada has faced; it will … Continue reading →

By Lieutenant-Colonel  J.C. Eggenberger Department of Military Leadership and Management The Royal Military College of Canada Kingston, Ontario Departmental  Manuscript 79-1 May, 1979 The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect official views or policy of … Continue reading →